Havvoth-jair

Havvoth-jair, meaning "the villages of Jair," were settlements in the region of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. Jair, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh, captured these villages during the Israelite conquest of the Promised Land (Num.32.41). The territory was named after Jair and became part of the inheritance of the half-tribe of Manasseh settled in Gilead (Deut 3:14). Later, another Jair from Gilead, who judged Israel for twenty-two years, had thirty sons who controlled thirty towns, also known as Havvoth-jair (Judg 10:4). In 1Ch.2.23, it is mentioned that Geshur and Aram captured some of these villages from the descendants of Jair.